College Gridiron 365

The countdown continues and we look at some of the notable teams ranked between No. 57 and No. 45.

On this podcast we discuss:

No. 56 BYU

No. 55 Purdue

No. 54 Virginia

No. 53 USF

No. 49 Pittsburgh

No. 45 Florida State

The countdown continues on and we look at some of the highlights from No. 68-59.

No. 68: Texas Tech

No. 67: Arkansas State

No. 66: Indiana

No. 65: UCLA

No. 64: Western Michigan

No. 63: Wake Forest

No. 62: Arkansas

No. 61: Houston

No. 60: Troy

No. 59: Baylor

Check out our UCF podcast where we discuss UConn's decision to bolt for the Big East:

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/ucf-knights/os-sp-ucf-podcast-45-20190627-qbu6xolnnrhvldclt6bsi4tudy-story.html

And the countdown rolls on...

On today's podcast we catch up on the countdown as it reaches No. 69.

Teams discussed this week:

No. 78 - Duke

No. 77 - Maryland

No. 74 - Kansas State

No. 73 - Colorado

No. 71 - Vanderbilt

No. 69 - North Carolina

We don't stop until we hit the top and the smaller the numbers, the bigger the hits... or something like that.

So keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars.

The latest bowl game news told a lot about the immediate future of the college football playoff. We talk about what these announcements mean going forward.

We also catch up on the countdown, talking about No. 88 FIU, No. 84 FAU, No. 87 Georgia Tech, and No. 83 Louisville.

The bowl schedule has been released and there are plenty of interesting notes to go along with it.

We talk about:

• The bowl season starting on a Friday this year with two bowl games on December 20.
• The playoff semifinals that will take place 16 days before the national championship game.
• There will be 17 bowl games that take place after the playoff semifinals.

Matt also wraps up some of the bigger topics from the ACC Spring Meetings with a discussion on the transfer portal included.

We then look at No. 95 UAB, No. 100 Oregon State, No. 97 Illinois, No. 93 Tulane and No. 103 Tulsa in our college football countdown.

We talk college football rankings and dig deeper into No. 111 East Carolina, No. 110 Rutgers and No. 108 Ball State.

We also tackle some of the news items from college football in the last week including Dabo's big week, Florida's soap opera, and a potential new practice that could change how teams prepare for games.

Our countdown wrap-up podcast looks at the challenge Les Miles faces in his new gig, Navy's quest to find success after a disappointing season and why the MAC seems to be a step behind other Group of 5 conferences.

We kickoff the first of our College Football Countdown reviews by talking about No. 123 Central Michigan and its new college football coach, Jim McElwain.

We also talk about UTEP being on the bottom again and talk in-depth about other teams in the bottom eight that stand out.

Check out the college football countdown here.

We are getting ready to count down from No. 130 to No. 1 so we take a little time to explain the process that goes into the rankings and building out each capsule.

National Signing Day is Wednesday, February 6 but with the early signing period in December now, the actual NSD has lost some luster.

We talk about that and what to watch for in the future of recruiting.

We also catch up on some of the top stories in college football over the last month.